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Moving in the Apostolic

apostles, to the saints within the earth. The same is true of the other ministry gifts. Each anointing is unique and serves a unique and important purpose, and each has certain characteristics. If the Church receives all five dimensions by being exposed to anointed ministry gifts, it can manifest Christ to the world, because Christ's fullness is seen through all five combined gifts. Each ministry is important; we need all five dimensions. In other words, every believer should be multidimensional. In this book, we are emphasizing the apostolic dimension. This does not mean that the others are not important or necessary. Often when the Lord is restoring a truth, there will be an emphasis on that truth (seemingly at the expense of other truths). The other dimensions are also necessary, however. Accessing Apostolic Grace Just as it is right for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart, inasmuch as both in my chains and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers with me of grace (Phil. 1:7). Because the apostolic dimension is so necessary for the local church to function properly, each local church must develop a strategy for accessing apostolic grace. There are two ways a local church can access apostolic grace. The first and primary way is to have an apostle as the senior elder (pastor) of the local church. Apostles can pastor because there is a shepherding dimension to the apostolic anointing. When the senior elder is an apostle, there will be a consistent flow of the apostolic anointing that will cause a strong apostolic dimension to be present in the local church. This is released through the preaching, teaching, prophesying and overall ministry of the apostle. However, all pastors are not apostles. It is not necessary to be an apostle to pastor a local church. Although all pastors are not apostles, all pastors need the apostolic dimension to operate effectively in their ministries and local churches. Therefore, the second way for a local church to access apostolic grace is to be